Donkey Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Ever since i was a young boy, i have enjoyed playing Adventure games and roleplaying games, back then Monkey island two had not yet come out on the Amiga and my favorite games were Monkey island, and Bards tale as i have gotten older ive pretty much bought every Adventure game and cRPG that have been made for the Amiga and PC. Recently the number of pc games have started to drop, you walk into a GAME or Electronics boutique in the UK and the selection of PC games is as bad as what the selection of Amiga games was ten years ago, leaving me with a PS2 and only a hand full of games (Syberia, monkey island 4, final fantasy X) i can not bring myself to buy "crpgs" games like fallout : Brotherhood of steal and Baldurs gate : dark alliance, i didnt like games like Gauntlet and im not about to start. I am a big fan of Fallout and Baldurs gate, both upcoming sequals cancelled with the death of Interplays black isle studios, and i was looking forward to sam and max 2 and Full throtle 2 but again like RPGs, adventure games are now in decline. This leaves simulators (never best sellers (except maybe sims)), shoot em ups (quake), and tacticle shoot em ups (tom clancy games) and the ever popular murder, assassin, theft, super violent games (hitman, manhunt, GTA3). The only genres that seem to be selling well are those that the even bigger market of non-game playing people, namely concerned mothers want to ban. Where does this leave the games industry? allways aiming at the largest audience. which at the moment as far as i can tell is teenagers who are easily manipulated into buying what their freinds are buying, which tends to be what thier parents dont want them to buy. If goverments and media turn on these games, and the shops (not wnting to cause themselves trouble) pull games of shelves and send them back to developers, as what is occuring more as pressure mounts from the conserned public. Lucas arts has always seemed to be above conformitty, starwars games have never been overly violent, and have always had good story bases, but as their games become more mainstream and become more like mass market games such as the tomb raiders, quakes and grand theft autos, are they approaching a pit full if the main selling genres decline, if parents stop letting their teenage children play the games or if goverments get strict on the age restrictions of products, and the ease at which they can be purchased or ban 15 certificate and over games all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 sadly, yes. i think adventure games are dying, if not completely dead. i wouldn't be surprised if they didn't release another monkey island sequel any time at all. from what i know, i don't think that lucasarts is currently working on an mi sequel, so what's to say that they ever will? they said another one would be made soon...but that's not the case. i guess some people don't want to think and would rather just shoot people's brains out or run around saving fairies and things instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Guys guys guys, what about all the adventure games in the making? Big names, big companies? SEQUELS yet? http://www.adventuregamers.com since E3 adventure games have been making a boom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 One word.... DREAMFALL Did you say RPGs are on the decline in there? That seems wrong to me, but what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Some recent articles that may prove an interesting read. The Future of Adventure Games A Recipe For The Perfect Next-Gen Adventure Game Evolve or Die To 3D, or not to 3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryam BaCo Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 genres aren't dying they're are just getting closer together, so that you'll have your action-adventure-rpg-strategy-simulator one time. and: fallout 3 will be finished by...hmmm...by....hmmm...not by interplay...but by somebody else. baldur's gate-sequels may be possible because of bioware. and they can easily find publishers for their games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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